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===<span id="16">Events: RPOTA’s August Writing Contest and Mad Hatter’s LAN Party</span>===
'''August’s RPOTA Monthly $155 Writing Contest'''

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Hear ye! Hear ye! Biographers, Historians, Diplomats, Journalists, Story Writers, Quest Designers, Videographers and Musicians! [http://rpota.com/ RPOTA.COM] is in dire need of your amazing talents! Role-Players of the Avatar is hosting a monthly contest to award those most famous with their quill, camera, piano or lute! Simply have your creations submitted by midnight of the last day of every month to be eligible for that month’s contest! See Elgarion for ([https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/monthly-rpota-com-writing-contest-155-in-prizes-every-month.54464/page-2#post-855903 details])

'''Mad Hatter’s LAN Party – Friday, October 6,2017 All Day'''

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As mentioned in the Summer Telethon Part 1 and Lord British Birthday Telethon, Mad Hatter is excited to be holding the first Shroud of the Avatar Community LAN event! This event will be held on “Mad Hatter Day 10/6” in Chicago. Mad Hatter hopes it will be an annual event, so please join in on the fun!

:''We are a community that comes together by means of a game in a virtual world. This usually happens from all places across the globe. Now this LAN party gives us a chance to come together at one location in the beautiful city of Chicago.<br><br>Not only will we join the game together live but we will make all attempts to get community member leaders in respected fields to attend the event and give us an inside look LIVE on the giant projected Big Screen. We will also see if Portalarium can attend and support the various topics above.<br><br>As the event unfolds I will be updating [https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/hatters-lan-party-2017-chicago-october-6th-2017.95066/ this thread] to keep all informed. – Mad Hatter''

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